Exhibit A: Project Description Introduction Please provide a short, clear and concise description of the project you propose

to implement.

Please detail the essential elements of the proposed program.

If applicable, please identify the evidence based practice upon which this proposal is based and provide a short, clear and concise description of that evidence based practice.

Description of Service Area: The services must impact youth at-risk of gang involvement in, or within close proximity to the target areas identified in this request for proposals. Please provide a short description of the area this project will serve, including information on any area special characteristic or issues that relate to the proposed project:

Current situation: Please describe the current situation in the service area in regard to youth gang prevention that will be addressed through the proposed project.

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Do you have any data that indicates the need for this project? What does it tell you? For instance, does this information indicate a stable need for the project, growth in a particular area or any change in the situation over time? Please provide identify the source of the data.

Please describe your agencys current involvement working in the service area with youth with particular emphasis on any experience your agency may have operating this program.

Please describe the availability of current resources to meet the need you have identified. For instance, if your agency is currently operating this program, please describe how this new funding will affect the implementation of that program.

Statement of the problem: Given the information detailed above, please specifically describe the problem your proposed project will address.

Project implementation: Please describe the proposed project in detail, including information on the required staffing and qualifications of project staff, and the roles and duties of staff as it specifically relates to this program, as well as the contractual services, equipment and other resources
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necessary to implement this project.

Is the proposed project based on an Evidence-Based Program (EBP)? If so, please explain why this EBP would be well suited to the problem you have identified. In addition, please describe how the elements of this proposal are consistent with the evidence based program.

This funding is limited to September 1, 2011 to February 15, 2012. Please describe how you will build the project by September 1, 2011 and what will happen after funding ends February 15, 2012.

Coordination between law enforcement and the community is one of the cornerstones of Project Safe Neighborhoods and Comprehensive Anti-gang Initiative. Please describe your agencys relationship with law enforcement and other criminal justice partner agencies and how the proposed project will be coordinated with those agencies.

How will you make this coordination happen?

Will any training be necessary for your agency to fully implement this
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project?

Who will supervise the proposed project? What steps will be taken to assure the project will be successfully implemented?

What barriers or possible obstacles to implementation do you foresee?

How will you address these barriers?

Are there any other special needs, tools or training that will be required to fully implement this project?

Funded projects will be required to submit monthly data and fiscal reports. What staff members are available to prepare and submit these reports? How will you assure the accuracy and timely submission of these reports?

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Please describe any experience your agency has with grant funding. Please note that receipt of previous grant funding is not necessary for consideration of this project.

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Implementation Schedule: Given the implementation issues described above, please complete the following table outlining the implementation activities necessary, including any work developing coordination with criminal justice partner agencies, staff training and selection, and project administration activities such as data and fiscal report submission. Activity Month Begun Month Completed Personnel Responsible If ongoing, how often?

Goals and Objectives: Projects funded through the CAGI Program set goals and objectives that serve as benchmarks for project performance. These objectives are used to develop the data reports that are completed each month and submitted to the Institute for Public Safety Partnerships and then summarized for the Project Safe Neighborhoods Task Force. In the outline below, please define at least one goal and at least two related objectives for each goal. Please be sure to make objectives measurable, considering how you will document your progress toward each objective. Performance Indicators are the elements that we will measure to determine if the objectives have been met. For example: Goal 1: Reduce incidence of after school violence by providing mentoring services to at-risk youth in the 10th District. Objective Train 65 mentors in the 10th District Asses 100 at-risk youth for program participation Link 75 at-risk youth with mentors

Performance Indicator Number of mentors trained in the 10th District Number of youth assessed Number of at-risk youth linked to mentors Number of incidence of after school violence by month

Reduce incidence of after school violence in the 10th District by 5%.

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Goal 1: Objective Performance Indicator .

Goal 2: Objective Performance Indicator

Legal Status of Implementing Agency (check one):

Individual Sole Proprietorship Partnership/Legal Corporation Corporation Government Estate or Trust Non-profit Corporation/ Non-Tax Exempt Nonresident Alien Tax Exempt /Hospital/Extended Care Facility Pharmacy/Funeral Home/Cemetery Corporation Medical Corporation Pharmacy (non-corporate) Non-profit Corporation/ Tax Exempt _______ Other (Specify)

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